H&K 416

[AJ]

Today I was watching Future Weapons and they were showing tha h&k 416 this thing is
pretty slick they buried it in sand pulled it out and fired it right away no problem then
did the same thing with water emersed it pulled it out fired it right away seems hard to
find info on these must be pretty new I wonder if these are military only or if they'll be
sold to the public

AJ

[ponyexpress]

I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for H&K to sell them to the general public. H&K has always been chasing military and LE contracts for a number of years if not always.

[Hazcat]

When is the US Military gonna realize it needs a rifle that will actually kill someone at 200yards?  The 5.56 (.223) is a great varmit round but a darn poor military one. IMHO

[Michael Bane]

H-K is absolutely not going to have the 416 in a civilian version...at least, that's what I've heard.

The closest you can get are the gass piston uppers from POF 416. See it here:

http://www.pof-usa.com/gaspistonuppers/gaspistonuppers.htm

I just dropped them a note about getting one to test.

Michael B

[matthew26]

H-K is absolutely not going to have the 416 in a civilian version...at least, that's what I've heard.

The closest you can get are the gass piston uppers from POF 416. See it here:

http://www.pof-usa.com/gaspistonuppers/gaspistonuppers.htm

I just dropped them a note about getting one to test.

Michael B

Good luck! Oh and how does the Sig 556 compare? It uses a gas piston, correct?

[Sponsor]

[Michael Bane]

I'm a big fan of the 556...it has virtually no recoil and the ones I shot have excellent triggers. I'm goign to be shooting one a bit more next week in New Hamster, and I'll post more here.

I'm on a waiting list to get my own 556. My plan is to take it through a week-long carbine class and really get a feel for how it runs.

Michael B

[woodsman]

We're anxiously awaiting your report on the SIG, MB. There is info available online for the POF rifles (they sure sound top notch), but do you have any scoop on the Bushmaster gas piston design? Is it the POF design? I couldn't get a straight answer from Bushmaster which makes me a little suspicious.

[Diplomat]

Today I was watching Future Weapons and they were showing tha h&k 416 this thing is
pretty slick they buried it in sand pulled it out and fired it right away no problem then
did the same thing with water emersed it pulled it out fired it right away seems hard to
find info on these must be pretty new I wonder if these are military only or if they'll be
sold to the public

AJ

I recently saw the same show...

Hopefuly it will be available to us late next year... I'd like to have the 417

You'll find this helpfull....  http://www.hkpro.com/hkpro416civilianannouncement.htm

[Diplomat]

H-K is absolutely not going to have the 416 in a civilian version...at least, that's what I've heard.

The closest you can get are the gass piston uppers from POF 416. See it here:

http://www.pof-usa.com/gaspistonuppers/gaspistonuppers.htm

I just dropped them a note about getting one to test.

Michael B

Michael... Do you get to keep the guns makes give you to test?